This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sergio Freitas, senior director of engineering at Cisco, based in Lisbon, Portugal. His identity and employment have been verified by Business Insider. This story has been edited for length and clarity.
I started as a software engineer, became a manager, and currently work as a director of engineering at Cisco, with four teams based in Portugal.
Software engineering has always gone through changes. There are always new technologies you have to learn, like programming languages or frameworks. Now, it’s the way engineers work that’s changing rapidly, and in the last year, it’s changed significantly. People have to adapt to that, and...
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